Improvement in buckles



rsnAcfw.. nunon, or FAYETTE, `Mississrrri.

Leners Patent No'. 97,871, dated Deeember 14, 1869.

' mueven/mmm BUCKLES.

The Schedule referredtc in these Lettera Pateutand making part of the same.

To all whom it anni] concern y i A,

Be-it known thatI, ISAAC W. BURCH, of Fayette,

in the county of Jefferson, and State of Mississippi,-

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harness-Buckles and p I do herehy'declare that the follow--` ing` is a full, clear,l and exact description thereof, which will enablethose skilled in the art-toA make and -use ,the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to proyide buckles for` harness`and other uses, with tonguesl constructed in the form of leather-punches, whereby they may be used at any time required for punching holes.'

VFigure 1 represents a plan view of abuckleconstructed according to my improvement.

Figure 2 represents a sectfonal elevationof the same, l taken onthe line X X ofg. 1.4

I propose tomake the tongues A in the form of leather-punehes,and of' suitable material to answer for punching the holes in the straps as required',v

It is often necessary, in the use of harness, to be able to punch new holes in the straps' for buckling in A new places, as when straps break, and have to be fixed up temporarily, or when'the straps have to be let out or taken up to an unusual degree, in which cases these `buckles will be foundof great advantage.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure/by Letfters Patent, is- 1 A compound harness-buckle and punch, composed of an ordinary frame and hollow punch-tongue A, as

an article of manufacture.

` ISAAC W. BUROH. Witnesses: i

Geo. W. SHACKLEFORD, DAVID HARBIsoN. 

